By Kristi E. Swartz
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Police have identified a man who led them on a 10-minute chase through Gwinnett and Fulton counties before crashing through a stone wall and into a Johns Creek house early Friday morning
No one was hurt, but police had to taser the man to take him into custody, a Johns Creek police spokeswoman said.
Juan Soto, 22, of Snellville, was arrested after police chased the Ford F-150 truck he was driving from Duluth to Johns Creek.
According to a Duluth police report, an officer saw the white truck parked in front of the Moe's Southwest Grill in the Peachtree Hill Shopping Center around 2:50 a.m. The truck's driver's side door was open, and police saw a man walking around the building.
The man then got in the truck and began driving on Pleasant Hill Road, police said.
Police they began chasing the man on Pleasant Hill Road, driving at 85 miles an hour. As the truck was nearing State Bridge Road, it swerved to get around another vehicle, jumped the median and then swerved again, police said.
At that point, a Duluth Police officer stopped following the truck, but a Johns Creek police officer had begun chasing the vehicle instead.
The truck's lights were off, a Johns Creek police spokeswoman said.
The man turned south on Jones Bridge Road and traveled about a mile before he lost control of his vehicle and ran into a stone wall that fronted a house in the Jones Bridge Landing subdivision, police said.
The truck he was driving was registered to another man, police said.
A Johns Creek police spokeswoman said the man was charged with criminal damage to property, reckless driving, DUI, driving without a license and fleeing and attempting to elude police, which is a felony. He was taken to the Fulton County Jail.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Johns Creek Police tap 'Officers of the Quarter'
Courtesy Appen Newspapers
JOHNS CREEK – The Johns Creek Police Department has chosen two officers from its Uniform Patrol Unit as the latest recipients of its "Officer of the Quarter" award.
Officer Lincoln Brown received the honor for the first quarter of 2009, while Officer Mike Yager's award represented outstanding work during the second quarter of 2009.
"Both of these men are experienced in community policing and have served our residents and businesses with exceptional professionalism during these periods. They continue to represent our department in the most positive manner. I am very proud of them," said Police Chief Ed Densmore.
Brown, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., began in law enforcement as an officer with the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Police Department, working in Manhattan's Grand Central and Penn stations. A graduate of New York University, Brown became a senior police officer with DeKalb County Police in 2006 and joined Johns Creek Police in April 2008 as a member of its Inaugural Squad.
"I love being a police officer in Johns Creek. It is a very pleasant experience to serve people who appreciate a police presence and to work with officers and commanders who support you," said Brown.
Originally from Otego, N.Y., Yager earned a teaching degree from Oneonta State University before entering law enforcement. He began as a deputy with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office in 1998, and then moved to Holly Springs, where he was promoted to sergeant/Uniform Patrol commander. He joined the JCPD with the Inaugural Squad in April 2008.
"I do my job to the best of my ability. It's a great honor to be recognized and I appreciate it, but my job is to protect and serve. I'll just keep doing that the best I can every day," said Yager.
JOHNS CREEK – The Johns Creek Police Department has chosen two officers from its Uniform Patrol Unit as the latest recipients of its "Officer of the Quarter" award.
Officer Lincoln Brown received the honor for the first quarter of 2009, while Officer Mike Yager's award represented outstanding work during the second quarter of 2009.
"Both of these men are experienced in community policing and have served our residents and businesses with exceptional professionalism during these periods. They continue to represent our department in the most positive manner. I am very proud of them," said Police Chief Ed Densmore.
Brown, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., began in law enforcement as an officer with the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Police Department, working in Manhattan's Grand Central and Penn stations. A graduate of New York University, Brown became a senior police officer with DeKalb County Police in 2006 and joined Johns Creek Police in April 2008 as a member of its Inaugural Squad.
"I love being a police officer in Johns Creek. It is a very pleasant experience to serve people who appreciate a police presence and to work with officers and commanders who support you," said Brown.
Originally from Otego, N.Y., Yager earned a teaching degree from Oneonta State University before entering law enforcement. He began as a deputy with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office in 1998, and then moved to Holly Springs, where he was promoted to sergeant/Uniform Patrol commander. He joined the JCPD with the Inaugural Squad in April 2008.
"I do my job to the best of my ability. It's a great honor to be recognized and I appreciate it, but my job is to protect and serve. I'll just keep doing that the best I can every day," said Yager.
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